A new year… a new post. Here’s hoping 2010 will be the year I get back into blogging… instead of just writing one post a year!

Seems like my XBox360 repair adventures have generated a bit of interest, but alas I’m sad to report my X-Clamp fix lasted only a few months. I rarely play my XBox360 nowadays as over the past 2 years I bought a Wii and a PS3. However, the Wii’s only used when friends are over and I use the PS3 more as a media player then a gaming console!

So what’s the news with my XBox360? Well, my original error code was “0020″, but using the X-Clamp fix it went away for a few months. Then one day, the screen just froze. After restarting the XBox I got a RRoD with error code “0102″.

I’ve tried cleaning up and reapplying thermal paste, essentially repeating the X-Clamp fix multiple times, and even tried the alternative bake process, to no avail. My XBox360 would last a couple of days then hang or freeze again.

I’ve just about had it! I’m pretty sure it can be fixed, but I’m almost over it. While I’m half thinking of just selling it on eBay so someone else can give it a try, the other half of me doesn’t want to give up just yet.

In addition, recently the XBox360 has been turning itself on! At first I thought it only happened when I was changing… or maybe it was a misplaced controller… or maybe my XBox360 is hinting that it still can be saved.

But what else can I try? I have tried heat gun, Team Xecuter’s RRoD kit (which is similar to the eraser trick) and the X-Clamp but still no joy.

Team Xecuter has a new RRoD Pro Repair Kit II which essentially is an x-clamp fix and memory chip pads with additional heat sinks all-in-one. So if your XBox360 has stuffed up recently and you have not attempted a repair before, you might want to give it a go.